Connecting Two Machines Wirelessly for a Dummy Wannabe!

Connecting Two Machines Wirelessly for a Dummy Wannabe!

flatbed scanner on my tablet. It does not have a DVD drive. A friend suggested connecting the desktop where I installed the Canon app to my tablet, then running it remotely or installing it.

I have never done this before. I am not having much luck. I tried this:

Desktop Side
HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p0xx
Start > Connect>
This device does not support Mirrocast

Tablet Side
Start menu > Connect>
desktop-UR80KTK is ready for you to connect wirelessly.

So given this I wonder if this track just will not work? They will not “pair”?

The other thought was copying the app off the desktop to a flash drive then installing it on the tablet.

I stalled out on that idea too. I was not sure which files to copy, if they are keyed to the desktop, etc, so I stopped there to try the direct connect idea.

What is driving this is that I have a lot delicate flatbed work. The desktop workstation is already overflowing. I want to put the scanner on a table I have on the opposite side of room. I could save the files to that HD and transfer them directly to the desktop if they will connect? Or alternately save them to a flash drive and sneaker-net them?

BTW. I am not running a router, but have a couple from the Neolithic Age that I uses as closet-fill.

Any direction will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any thoughts.

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Thanks for your response,
I have a hardwired Internet connection but not a wireless one.

It occurred to me to copy the install disk to an external drive.
I first tried to install it on the tablet directly. I did not get very far, but I think I missed closing the screen with the first step.

So I took it took to McD's. I managed to access the Internet and run the installation again. This time it went looking for something over the Internet. It finally kicked with a message that something is missing.

They may blocking me because I have installed in on the desktop. When I first got it I needed some help getting it started: so I called Canon. Then the rep stated that I could install it on multiple machines so I have been going on that thought.

I just tried to call Canon but they must have shut down for the day EST.

I will try again tomorrow.

This is a pretty minimalist machine in today's terms. I only purchased it to have a low cost backup machine. I have not spent much time with it and I have never fiddled with mobile devices like this one. So even even the basics are an adventure.

Drivers. I am not seeing any in the desktop device manager for the scanner. Are they somewhere else? How could identify them on the CD? Elsewhere?

The desktop is hardwired to a modem. I think one of the old routers has wireless but I do not recall every trying it out. I think my only experience with that router was under Linux.

This is a one-off project that calls for completion. It would be easier for right now to rearrange the furniture than setting up a wireless network, but I am still interested in a solution for the longer term.

I will call Canon later today and see what they have to say.

Thanks again for your help.

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I had a conversation with Canon. They gave me some thoughts towards getting the software installed on the tablet. I have not had a chance today to try them out. I will be back in a day or two with the results. No it is not a backup but a complement to my two-sided-sheet-fed scanner. It has higher resolution for one factor. I have a lot of old, some very old and brittle documents, that I do not want to risk feeding through the sheet-fed with or without a carrier envelope. I am hoping that the higher resolution will let me engage in document restoration of very faded wet-fax docs using GIMP,

How does usb 2 limit wireless in this instance? Maybe I do not understand you statement?

Gotta run. Bye for now.

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